There are 12 article(s) tagged Gun Crime:

• February 2025

  • Guest Column: Curb gun crime by focusing on aggravated assault

    “By reducing the number of aggravated assaults, we can make a real dent in the number of victims of violent crime and reduce our violent crime rate even more.”

    By Bill Gibbons February 28, 2025

  • Two men open fire at each other at Raleigh Walmart

    Two men shot at each other at Raleigh Walmart, but they both missed. One of the men, however, shot himself in the leg and is in critical condition. Police have detained the other man, with charges likely.

    By Jody Callahan February 19, 2025

• November 2024

  • Point of Impact: Tennessee’s guns in cars law puts onus on owners. Or does it?

    The “guns in cars” law allows owners to store firearms in their cars if those weapons are properly secured. But, unlike other states, the law provides no penalties for not doing so.

    By Aarron Fleming November 19, 2024

• December 2023

  • ‘Basically a living h---’: Le Bonheur has treated more than 160 gunshot victims this year

    Dr. Regan Williams, medical director of trauma services at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, said the increase in pediatric firearm injuries “hangs heavy on the hearts” of the hospital’s staff. 

    By Julia Baker December 06, 2023

• April 2023

  • Opinion: Like the Tennessee Three, it’s time to speak up for gun reform

    “While my voice is just one that will likely go unheard by itself, I know it won’t be ignored as part of the larger, necessary movement that is already growing in this state, a movement that is being led by our children and the Tennessee Three.”

    By Sarah Hunter Simanson April 07, 2023

• February 2022

  • Crime Commission unveils new five-year plan to fight crime

    The Safe Community Action Plan is aiming for a reduction in violent crime and property crime over the next five years.

    By Yolanda Jones February 17, 2022

• April 2021

  • Letters to the Editor: Gun violence, nonprofit dilemma

    Letters today discuss gun violence and the dilemma nonprofits face thanks to the pandemic.

    By Letters to the Editor April 10, 2021

• November 2020

  • Opinion: We need to stop gun violence against children

    Memphis leads the nation in unintentional shootings involving children. That fact alone should give all of us pause.

    By Regan Williams November 05, 2020

• January 2020

  • Lee takes on abortion; U of M looks to Europe; and squad goals

    Welcome to Friday, Jan. 24, and The Early Word. Today we're talking about a pipeline in the pipeline, what's happening with coronavirus and interstate shootings. 

    By Mary Cashiola January 24, 2020

• November 2019

  • Sanford: A lot of people are angry; too many of them have guns

    Rage and guns are a bad combination. In Memphis last weekend, eight people were shot, one of them killed, in altercations at a strip club, a convenience store and outside a Beale Street honky-tonk. On Monday, one discount store customer shot another four times. 

    By Otis Sanford November 14, 2019

• June 2019

  • Shelby County Sheriff’s Office launches app

    The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office wants to keep the public informed about any news and now has a new smartphone app to do it.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 04, 2019

• November 2018

  • Acting AG Whitaker announces ‘Memphis Strike Force’ plan

    Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker visited Memphis Wednesday to announce a new initiative in which the Memphis Police Department will partner with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to form a “Memphis Crime Gun Strike Force.”

    By Yolanda Jones November 29, 2018